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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:VC-137B-BN Stratoliner
    Last Military Serial:58-6971 USAF
    Construction Number:17926
    Compressed ID:Boeing VC-137B-BN sn 58-6971 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    7 April 1959

    Constructed as a VC-137A-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.
    One of only three VC-137A-BNs built by Boeing.

    30 May 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-6971.

    Transferred to 1298th Air Transport (Special Missions) Squadron, Andrews AFB, MD.

    Deployed to Washington, DC.

    June 1961

    Transferred to 1254th Air Transport (Special Missions) Wing, Andrews AFB.

    April 1963

    Converted to a VC-137B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.

    11 May 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: 86th Military Airlift Wing VC-137B taxying to the VIP terminal at London Heathrow in May 1977.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number Z0193.

    8 October 1998

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CZ0193.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    22 October 1999

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    17 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: In Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 17. October 2017.
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    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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